Washing-machine



(Modell) G. JACKSON. Washing Machine. No. 240,139. Patented April 12,1881.

WITNESSE INVENTOR! W ac/(AM/u g; 5 RNEY S.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE JACKSON, OF BOSGOBEL, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,139, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed August 2, 1880. (Model.)

'Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, the cover being removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken through the line war, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-- sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish washing-machines so constructed as to wash clothes'very quickly, without injuring the fabric, and with a small amount of labor.

The invention consists in constructing a washing machine of a semi cylindrical tub having a semi cylindrical cover and disks mounted upon gudgeons provided with inwardly-proj ectin g stops connected by rods and carrying oscillating paddles, as will be hereinafter fully described.

The water-box or tub is made with vertical Wooden ends A and a semi-cylindrical sheetmetal bottom, B. The tub is supported upon legs 0, attached to the ends A,- and which are made of such a length as to raise the tub to a convenient height.

To the rear corners of the ends A and the rear edge of the bottom B is attached a crossbar, D. The upper forward parts of the ends A and of the bottom B are extended, as shown in Fig. 2, and to the edges of the said extensions a b is attached a cross-bar, E.

To the ends A, at the inner ends of their extended parts, are attached the ends of a crossbar, F, the lower edge of which does not extend quite to the bottom B, a space, 0, being left to admit air and to allow the water wrung from the clothes to flow back into the tub A B.

The compartment formed by the extensions 0. b and the cross-bars E F can be used as an auxiliary compartment for rubbing any especially soiled part of the clothes. The crossbar E is especially designed to receive and support the wringer.

The cover is formed of the vertical ends G and the semi-cylindrical sheet-metal top H.

To the rear edge of the cover G H is attached a cross-bar, I, which rests upon and is hinged to the cross-bar D.

To the middle part of the cross-bar D is attached a flange or stop-plate, J, for the cover G H to rest against when turned back.

To the forward edge of the cover G H is attached a cross-bar, K, which, when the said cover G H is closed, rests upon the cross-bar F, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the inner sides of the edges of the cover G H are attached metal flanges L, which, at the front and rear edges of the said cover, may be the downward extension of the sheet-metal top H, and which overlap the inner sides of the edges of the tub A B, as shown in Fig. 2,

to prevent the water from spattering out when the machine is being used.

M are two disks or circular plates, which are made of such a size as to revolve freely within the case A B G H of the machine, and which are connected by a circle of equidistant rods, N, attached. to them at a little distance from their outer edges, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the center of one of the disks M is attached a gudgeon, O, which Works in a vertical groove in the inner side of one end A of the tub. To the center of the other disk M is attached a gudgeon, P, which projects through and works in a slot in the other end A and has a crank, Q, attached to its projecting end. The slot in the end A, above the gudgeon P, is closed by a block, R, and the said slot is designed to be packed to prevent leakage.

To the disks M, between each rod N and the edges of the said disks M, are pivoted the ends of paddles S, the side edges of which do not quite meet, and the movement of which upon their pivots is limited by the bands T, attached to the edges of the disks M. The bands T project upon the inner sides of the disks M,to

serve as flanges or stops for the side edges of the paddles S to strike against, or inwardlyprojecting pins may be attached to the disks M, to serve as stops for the oscillating paddles S, or other shaped stops may be used. The disks M are made in two unequal parts, which are hinged together at one end of their joints, and are secured at the other ends by hooks U, hinged to one of the said parts and hooking into eyes V, attached to the other part.

With this construction the rods N hold the clothes up from the paddles S, so that the waterentering between the paddles S will strike the clothes effectively.

With this construction, also, as the cylinder M N S is revolved by means of the crank Q, the pressure of the water forces the forward edges of the paddles S outward, so that the said paddles will act as chutes or aprons, to direct the Water inward against the clothes, and at the same time the rods N will break up the currents of water and give the water a farther inward direction.

With this construction, when the cylinder has been turned a few times in one direction until the clothes have become partially rolled up, the motion is reversed, which causes the paddles S to reverse themselves, and which, in connection with the new direction of the Water, loosens up and unrolls the clothes and Washes out the dirt, so that the clothes will be washed clean very quickly.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the disks M and rods N, of the oscillating paddles S, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the paddles will change their position as the motion of the disks is reversed to force the Water against and through the clothes in a new direction, as set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the disks M and the oscillating paddles S, of the rods N and stops T, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the paddles are relieved from the pressure of the clothes and the movement of the paddlesjs limited, as set forth.

GEORGE J AGKSON.

Witnesses:

W. H. PARNELL, SAML. BARTHOLOMEW. 

